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2017 Tony Award® Season Album Tracks Announced

The Broadway Records-Produced Album Will Be Released June 9, 2017

New York (May 30, 2017) - Tony Award Productions and Broadway Records have announced the track list for the first-ever Tony Award® Season compilation album, to be released on CD and digitally at most major music retailers – including iTunes – on June 9. The CD is now available for pre-order through Broadway Records and the Tony Awards Store, as well as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

Each musical from the 2016-2017 season, including the 2017 Tony nominated musicals, have been invited to contribute a song to this new compilation album. Broadway fans were also invited to cast their vote for the tracks that should be included on the album. A portion of the proceeds from the album will go to the American Theatre Wing and Broadway League’s arts educations initiatives.

The track list is as follows:

“Deep Beneath the City/Not There Yet” - IN TRANSIT

“Times Are Hard For Dreamers” – AMÈLIE, A NEW MUSICAL

“The Baseball Game” – FALSETTOS

“With One Look” – SUNSET BOULEVARD

“In a World Like This” – A BRONX TALE

“Sincerely, Me” – DEAR EVAN HANSEN

“Shaking the Blues Away” – HOLIDAY INN, THE NEW IRVING BERLIN MUSICAL

“It Must Be Believed to Be Seen” – CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

“Letters” – NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812

“The Last Night of the World” – MISS SAIGON

“Me and the Sky” – COME FROM AWAY

“Nobody” - BANDSTAND

“Journey to the Past” - ANASTASIA

“Memory” - CATS

“Seeing You” – GROUNDHOG DAY THE MUSICAL

The cover art features a specially commissioned Tony season illustration by Justin “Squigs” Robertson. The first 1,000 people to buy the album at www.BroadwayRecords.com and www.TonyAwardsStore.com will receive a free limited-edition “Lights of Broadway” Tony Nominees 2017 showcard with their purchase. The packaging will include an essay by noted musical theatre historian Jennifer Ashley Tepper, as well as details about each show.

The American Theatre Wing’s 71st Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Tony and Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey, will air live from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, June 11, 2017 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT). The Tony Awards, which honors theatre professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway, has been broadcast on CBS since 1978. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

For more information on the Tony Awards, visit TonyAwards.com and Facebook.com/TheTonyAwards and follow @TheTonyAwards on Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. Join the conversation using the hashtags #TonyAwards2017 and #TheatreInspires.

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About the Tony Awards The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. At The Broadway League, Robert E. Wankel is Chairman and Charlotte St. Martin is President. At the American Theater Wing, David Henry Hwang is Chairman and Heather A. Hitchens is President. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment are the Executive Producers of the 2017 Tony Awards. Mr. Weiss will also serve as Director of the 2017 Tony Awards.

Sponsors for the 2017 Tony Awards include: IBM - develops, designs, and hosts the official Tony Awards digital experience anchored by TonyAwards.com; Carnegie Mellon University – the first-ever, exclusive higher education partner; Grant Thornton LLP – official accounting services partner; City National – official bank of the Tony Awards and presenting sponsor of the Creative Arts Awards; Nordstrom - official sponsor of the Red Carpet; Sofitel New York – the official hotel of the Tony Awards; Rainbow Room - official partner of the Tony Nominee Luncheon; United Airlines – the official airline of the Tony Awards for the last 17 years and People/Entertainment Weekly – official magazine partners of the Tony Awards.

Last summer, Broadway Records launched the Broadway for Orlando initiative (in partnership with creators Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley) as a response to the Pulse nightclub mass shooting. The all-star benefit single, “What the World Needs Now is Love” has been downloaded more than 70k times and raised over $100k to date and counting, with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the GLBT Center of Central Florida. Additionally, the song reached No. 1 on the iTunes song chart in its first week of release and broke into the Billboard Top 100 with no commercial radio play. To learn more, visit BroadwayRecords.com.